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Woart, jr., Wm. A. Brooks, Henry Williams and Moses Safford, all of Augusta, and S. Leonard, Cashier.

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Liability of one Director $3,600, of one nothing, of all $10,093. Last year's dividend eight and one-half per cent. Amount of Bank tax paid to the State $3,079.45. Number of Stockholders 64; a small amount of paper overdue; the books remarkably well kept.

In BANGOR are seven Banks, (1) Commercial; (2) Bank of Bangor; (3) Eastern; (4) Globe; (5) Kenduskeag; (6) Lafayette; and (7) Mercantile ;-aggregate capital $600,000.

(1.) The Bangor Commercial Bank, chartered April 1, 1931, (succeeded the Bangor Bank, incorporated 1814, revived June 17, 1817,) has Directors, John Fiske, President, James B. Fiske, Theodore B. McIntire and Leonard March, all of Bangor, and Ebenezer Trask, Cashier.

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Liability of Mr. March, nothing; of the other Directors

$15,616. No dividend since April, 1837. Amount of Bank tax paid to the State $7,250; paid by the former Bangor Bank $10,000. Number of Stockholders about 40. As many as 800 shares shifted hands, during the year prior to Nov. 20, '39. This Bank will probably lose $40,000 by one man, and $10,000 by another, both of whom have been Directors. The present Board are doing their utmost to sustain the Bank.

NOTE. It is supposed that the Bank will derive much benefit from the large amount of real estate, conveyed, mortgaged and attached; still it affords no ready means to pay debts unless creditors will take it.

(2.) The Bank of Bangor, chartered Feb. 12, 1834,-has Directors, Samuel Veazie, President, Nathaniel Lord, John Bright, Franklin Adams, and John M'Donald, all of Bangor, and William P. Richardson, Cashier.

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Liabilities, of one Director, nothing; of one $500; of one $15,238; of all, $30,991. Last year's dividend six per cent. Amount of taxes paid to the State $4,786.12. Number of Stockholders 14. Whole number of notes, drafts and acceptances in this Bank, 169. Of the discounted paper about half is over-due; of the other half $45,400 are good drafts on Bos

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(3.) Eastern Bank, chartered March 21, 1835,-has Directors Amos M. Roberts, President, John Bradbury, William A. Blake, Samuel P. Strickland, and Daniel B. Hinckley, all of Bangor, and William H. Mills, Cashier.

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Liabilities of Directors $10,924,-none as principal. Last year's dividend three per cent. Amount of taxes paid to the State $4,067.84. Capital stock reduced to $50,000, May 25, 1839, under Act of March 22d preceding, by taking so much from the Stock, and hence making each share $50 instead of $100, Number of Stockholders 28. The notes and bills of this Bank are in number 50-in general, quite good.

(4.) The Globe Bank, chartered April 1, 1836, has Directors, Solomon Parsons, President, Joseph Bryant, Benjamin Wiggin, Francis Shepherd and Samuel Smith, all of Bangor, and Daniel M. Howard, Cashier.

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Liabilities of one Director 3,994 dollars, of all 6,524 dollars.

The only dividend of this Bank, was April 3, 1837, of two per cent. Amount of taxes paid to the State $3,069.86. Within the period of eight months prior to the 11th of October last, 1,200 shares changed hands. The present number of Stockholders is 29. The discounted paper consists of 73 demands; more than 50,000 dollars of which are thought to be doubtful,

the same man who is delinquent 10,000 dollars in the Bangor Commercial Bank, is owing the Globe Bank 22,000 dollars. Towards securing, however, 11,000 dollars of another failing concern, 139 shares of this Bank stand pledged.

(5.) The Kenduskeag Bank, chartered Feb. 22, 1832, with a capital of 50,000 dollars, increased May 2d, 1833, to 100,000 dollars, has Directors, John Wilkins, President, George W. Pickering, Abner Taylor, John Godfrey and Elisha H. Allen, all of Bangor. Theodore S. Dodd, Cashier.

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Liabilities of Directors 25,000 dollars. Last year's dividend two per cent. Amount of taxes paid to the State 6,887 dollars. More than 500 shares have changed owners within the last year; present number of Stockholders 60. The discounted paper consists of 149 demands-one-sixth of which may be doubtful,-the rest quite good. Of the above "Bank Stock," 11,210 dollars are shares in this bank at par, and 1,789 dollars in Bangor Commercial Bank at 70 per cent.

(6.) Lafayette Bank, chartered April 1, 1836,-has Directors, Joseph C. Stevens, President, Thomas A. Hill, Joseph Carr, all of Bangor, George Waugh of Levant, and William T. Savage of Pembroke, County of Washington,-Charles A. Stackpole, Cashier.

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Liabilities of two Directors 11,092 dollars; of all, 11,192 dollars. A dividend of two per cent. declared the last year. Amount of taxes paid the State 3,036 dollars. Under Act of Feb. 8, 1839, the Capital Stock was reduced from 100,000 dollars to 50,000 dollars, by placing the other moiety in the hands of Trustees, dividing it among Stockholders, and reducing each share to 50 dollars. At the same time the affairs of the bank underwent a judicious renovation, when the above Stocks of 17,600 dollars were taken in payment of debts, and 340 other shares of its Stock were pledged in the hands of trustees to meet other liabilities and debts. Of the discounted paper there are 93 pieces,-30 past due.

(7.) Mercantile Bank, chartered Feb. 21, 1333,-has Directors-John Hodgdon, President, Samuel Farrar, Henry Warren, Oliver Frost, all of Bangor, Asa Warren of Guilford, Hezekiah Williams of Castine, and Francis G. Butler of Farmington,-John S. Ricker, Cashier..

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